In reply to Ben's comment regarding Water Textures...
I must say that I have always preferred the water textures in FS 2002, (I installed "Flight Water Pro)...

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So, in FS 2004, again I much preferr the nice blue water of the Pacific Ocean to the 'orrible green pea soup colours when the FS 2004 water textures are fully wound up...
I have installed this file...
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fs 2002 water textures...
http://www.simviation.com/fs2004scenery4.htmNew retrospective water replacement textures.
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...to regain the nice mobile blue water textures of FS 2002...

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My settings for FS 2004....to get FAB frame rates...
Note that I select "Clear Weather" and then add my custom cloud/weather effects to suit
realistic weather conditions...!!
...and with these settings I still get 30+ FPS on my lowly Ge-Force Ti 2400 64Mb card...

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Cheers all...!
Paul.
Win 8.1 64-bit. DX11. Advent Tower. Intel i7-3770 3.9 GHz 8-core. 8 GB System RAM. AMD Radeon HD 7700 1GB RAM. DVD ROM. 2 Terra Byte SATA Hard Drive. Philips 17" LCD Monitor. Saitek Cyborg X Fly-5 Joystick. ...and a Briggs and Stratton Petrol Lawn Mower.